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Construction Quality Supervisor

Orangeville, Utah

About Valar Atomics 

At Valar Atomics, we're redefining what's possible in energy. Our mission is to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable—unlocking abundant energy for industry, hydrogen, and next-generation manufacturing. We are a team of builders, engineers, and operators who believe nuclear energy should be fast to deploy, factory-made, and built for the real world. Our first pilot plant in Orangeville, Utah will demonstrate how advanced nuclear systems and fuel fabrication can power the future. Joining Valar Atomics means becoming part of a company where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level.  

 

The Role 

As Construction Quality Supervisor, you will lead field execution of the construction quality organization supporting HTGR reactor deployment and associated infrastructure projects in Orangeville, Utah. This role sits directly within active construction operations and is responsible for ensuring disciplined, traceable, and technically defensible construction execution across multiple subcontracted trades including geotechnical, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and industrial construction activities. 

Valar Atomics will act as the general contractor for its nuclear construction projects, requiring this role to provide direct quality oversight and coordination across diverse subcontractor organizations operating simultaneously within demanding field environments. You will lead Construction Quality Technicians and Inspectors while working closely with construction management, engineering, subcontractors, craft labor, supplier quality, and operational leadership to ensure quality requirements are understood, executable, and consistently implemented under real-world construction conditions. 

This role is highly operational and hands-on. You will coordinate inspections, verification activities, hold points, traceability systems, turnover documentation, and controlled work execution while helping maintain project momentum under aggressive schedules and evolving technical conditions. Success in this role requires strong field leadership, multidisciplinary construction experience, technical judgment, operational awareness, and the ability to maintain execution discipline without creating unnecessary bureaucracy or disruption. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Lead day-to-day field execution activities for the construction quality organization supporting reactor construction, infrastructure installation, fabrication, assembly, testing, and controlled field execution activities.  
  • Supervise Construction Quality Technicians and Inspectors while reinforcing disciplined execution, procedural compliance, technical rigor, and traceability integrity across all construction quality activities.  
  • Coordinate inspection activities, witness points, hold points, turnover documentation, and verification workflows across multiple subcontractor trades and construction disciplines.  
  • Provide quality oversight of subcontracted construction activities including geotechnical, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and industrial construction operations.  
  • Ensure construction records, material traceability, inspection documentation, as-built conditions, turnover packages, and controlled execution documentation remain accurate, complete, retrievable, and audit-ready.  
  • Support investigation and resolution of nonconformances, construction discrepancies, contractor quality concerns, field execution issues, procedural deviations, and technical documentation gaps.  
  • Work directly with construction management, engineering, supplier quality, craft labor, subcontractors, and operational leadership to ensure technically defensible and operationally executable quality solutions.  
  • Help identify emerging execution risks, traceability gaps, contractor performance concerns, and operational weaknesses before they become major project impacts.  
  • Mentor and develop field quality personnel while helping establish scalable construction quality execution standards and verification discipline across the organization.  
  • Participate in and conduct subcontractor quality system audits. 

 

You Will Be Successful in This Role If 

  • You lead through technical competence, operational awareness, execution discipline, and professionalism rather than bureaucracy or positional authority.  
  • You are comfortable operating within demanding field construction environments involving changing priorities, evolving designs, schedule pressure, and complex contractor coordination.  
  • You can effectively balance technical rigor, procedural compliance, operational practicality, and project urgency without compromising execution integrity.  
  • You communicate clearly and professionally across engineers, craft labor, subcontractors, inspectors, and leadership teams while maintaining productive working relationships under pressure.  
  • You naturally identify operational risks, execution weaknesses, traceability gaps, and contractor quality concerns before they become larger failures.  
  • You thrive in high-accountability environments where ownership, urgency, adaptability, and mission commitment are expected daily.  

 

Basic Qualifications 

  • High school diploma or equivalent required; technical degree or engineering-related education preferred.  
  • 10+ years of experience supporting quality execution within industrial construction, nuclear construction, power generation, heavy industrial, aerospace, semiconductor, defense, or similarly demanding technical environments.  
  • 5+ years of experience leading field quality personnel, inspection teams, or construction quality execution activities.  
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, construction work packages, technical procedures, inspection requirements, and controlled documentation.  
  • Familiarity with construction verification activities, inspection methods, material traceability systems, turnover documentation, and regulated quality systems.  
  • Comfortable working within active construction environments including outdoor conditions, elevated structures, confined spaces, industrial noise, dust, vibration, and changing environmental conditions while following all safety protocols.  
  • Flexible and willing to support demanding project schedules including extended hours, weekends, and rapid-response field problem solving when necessary.  

 

Preferred Skills and Experience 

  • Prior experience supporting nuclear construction projects, NQA-1 environments, DOE projects, ASME-related construction activities, or similarly regulated technical programs.  
  • Multidisciplinary construction quality experience spanning civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, welding, piping, fabrication, and industrial installation activities.  
  • Experience coordinating quality execution across multiple subcontractors and construction interfaces within general contractor environments.  
  • Familiarity with nonconformance systems, turnover packages, traceability systems, controlled work execution, and field verification methodologies.  
  • Experience supporting root cause investigations, corrective actions, and operational quality problem solving within complex construction projects.  
  • Working familiarity with dimensional inspection methods, field measurement systems, construction hold points, and technical verification workflows.  
  • Strong operational judgment and ability to make technically defensible decisions under ambiguity and schedule pressure.  
  • Subcontractor auditing.

 

What we Offer 

  • Competitive base salary
  • Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
  • High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
  • Opportunities for rapid career growth and internal advancement
  • Direct collaboration with experienced operators, engineers, and industry leaders
  • The opportunity to help build and scale transformative energy technology from the ground up

 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement 

Valar Atomics is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law. 
We are committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment and will provide reasonable accommodation as required by law. 
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).  

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